The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-11-17
SUR. nLAtNE's POSITION.


SIR. DLAENE's POSITION.
stephen II. Elliins Talks on thr Political
ouil2ok--Th. Organization Of 884 intact
and Awaiting Events
Especial TO the Philadelphia Tunes
WAsuINGToN, November THE jovial
and genial Steve" Elkins, the chief
| fugleman OF the Blaine cohorts since the
death Of jerome b. Chairee, passed
through Washington tho other duy eli
route from Deer Park to New York.
Mrs. Elkins had preceded him bya few
days to open her house in Gotham.
Eikin8, like dutiful subject of Sou~d
marital regulations, had remained he-
hind to close up the house in the crargy
crcsts OF The Alleghenics of Maryland,
and was migrating northward in charge
Of the household mpcdimcnta, which
consisted OF three fine boys, apparently
of an age bunchGl N years somewhere
between seven and ten, and vigorous
infant OF the same gender in tho arms of
a stalwart French capped nurse,
! The Blaine leader was moro disposed
to be communicative than was the Maine
statesman On his travels from Dijon to
Paris. In reply to an inquiry as t. how
''thlng8 were progressing" tho robust
manager Of the Blaine homo interests
said:
81 have spent al summer at Deer
Park, only running over to Now York
| occasionally for Il say % attend to II lit.
tie business. Oh, yes, 7 have been keep
ing On eye on political movements.
There is not much going on just now. I
nave hnd some recent correspondence
with our friends, so as to ascertain from
honlpuortprg fbp low Of 1o,.I 49,.
friends i'll the contest of 1884 are ttiil
active and eager. We have been build
ing up the weak places | think our
political fonccS IRE III good order"
"Ihen you intend to try it again
TIE MAGIC OF BLAINEs NAME.
81 did not say that. | only say that
our lines are III order. WhethCr Mr..
Blaine is q caudidLto or not it woui be
very poor politics TO permit such an or
SanlZnu0n as rallies ulOund the nn!uc of
Blaine {" so TO pieces for want Of moth
ing more thna leadership 10 keep it
tognthcr for purity purposes III ulry lji-
rection."
ton IL aa strong rs it WGs four years
ago."
"lt will be found so whcn the tin for
action cOmr8."
"WhY AZ" you WGt.uG?"
! "Simply Tor Tie elections Of mex vct k
70 he over, We viii thcn havo .omc
material to work OF. We will then have
some mut@ritl to WORK On. We will snow
! how we ttnnl III some OI thc pivotal
! States. Nearly, Il not quite, every
! State IL the Uuiun has un election OF
SON" sort, but Mahs&chasctts, New l'orl, -,
! Now jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary innd,
Nn9lE.h and Ohio will give some point
orS as x the drlit OF political sUutn Mt. "
'Mll there be Il conference then%'
81 should not be surprised to hear ol
one. The national committee will meet
III nttlo over q month. 1t may bC
Thought best to tNlk matters over Il it'll,
soon after the elections arc Over"
"Thc nomination of President Glove
land throws down tho gauntlet to Blaine.
HE CAN HAVE IT II HE WANTS IT.
''it might DO thought so, but the nom.
lnatiou OF Cleveland does not necessarily
mean BHluc for the Republicans. Elaine
can have the l'olninG!lon il ic wiSL cS it.
l consider that pOlut settled, il OR in
| formation is reliable, bnt it will remain
Tor lam to Eny whether he wants it.. |
know IL" viii not attempt t. force him
sell on the ticket, and viii not NcC,Dt it
at oil unless lie feels perfectly Sur3 Of
success. lie docs net propose to tGkc
the responsibility Of defeat n r",Ond
| time. OF course in 1854 The outcome
was Just oNG OF those Tunccuur!Ahl,. ne
! cld@ntS winch u.Nr often uCCurr, 4 in
American politics. / cont think B',.ino
needs VindlCatl0D fOm Such a dcfcat.
! We arc now holding our forces in line
! HWaIliR the progress Oi events